Sunday, September 23, 2007

Ateliers d'Halloween

Avec Samhain qui approche, plusieurs séminaires et ateliers voient le jour au Mélange Magique! En voici quelques uns

Spirit Message Circle (Catharine)
Cet atelier est un atelier hebdomadaire ouvert à tous. Vous pouvez faire partie de l'atelier aussi souvent que vous le voullez. Chaque semaine, Catharine abordera un thème et nous apportera en réflexion sur ce thème. Une méditation guidé est offert pour nous aider à se protéger et à perdre beaucoup de stress. Une fois le tout terminé, tout le monde reçois un message psychic personnel!
4 et 18 Octobre, 19:00 - 21:00, 15.00$

Energy Work for Beginners (Robyn & Maery)
Vous vous déjà demandé comment utiliser votre énergie à son plein potentiel. Ce séminaire couvre les bases pour augmenter son énergie, se protéger, se centrer et beaucoup plus. Venez apprendre comment ressentir et utiliser les énergies autour de vous, ce sera un outil puissant et versatile pour vous aider à guérir (autant vous-même que les autres), faire grandir votre confiance en soi et bien d'autres concept.
19 Octobre, 19:00-21:00, 30$

Ancestral Shrines (Scarlet)
Á ce temps de l'année, nous marquons la fin d'une saison, la fin d'une année et venons à terme avec plusieurs situations de notre vie. C'est aussi le temps d'honorer ceux qui nous ont quittés. Une des meilleures moyens est avec un "ancestral shrine". Dans cet atelier, nous vous apprenons comment monter ce genre d'altar, ce qui devrais et ne devrais pas y retrouver, ect. Vous apprendrez l'importance de cette coutume parmis plusieurs cultures.
22 Octobre, 19:00-21:00, 30$

Pour plus de cours, vous pouvez aller voir à cette adresse.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Harvesting the Year

September is the month of great harvests and the moving forward into a new school year. If you are looking for a meditation at this time, try this one!

12-Month Harvest Meditation
Settle into a comfortable position for meditation.
Center and ground your energy.
Focus on yourself and this month of harvest.
Think about the Life Path you are on at this moment.
What is that path?
Now think back 12 months to this time last year.
Where were you and what were you doing last September?
What things did you say goodbye to in last October?
What family support and love surrounded you last December?
What new steps in a time of January's quiet did you take?
What love filled you on your path last February?
What changes shifted in your Life Path last March? What seeds did you plant?
What was washed clean from your path in the April Showers?
What blossomed along your path in May?
How did you warm the path last June?
What storms and uphevals challenged you last July?
Things start to culminate in last month's early harvest, what were they?
How are things moving in your path now?

And finally... Today... what would you like to celebrate? You have harvested a year of experiences.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

New Products & What to do with Them!

We have received an incredible shipment of inks, quills, parchment and journals.

Lovely glass quills are a was to focus on careful writing and directing energy into the pages of your book of chadows. Enhance this with specialized inks of various colors or even a metallic pigment ink!

We have various types of parchments: natural paper parchment, sheep skin vellum, calf skin velum, and papyrus. These are excellent for your spellwork. Parchments are used to write your wish, details for a spell, a magical seal of sigil. Then they are anointed with oil, usually on the four corners. Depending on your spell, there are several ways to charge them with energy and purpose and release them. Some will place them in front of a mirror, under a candle or burn them. Sometimes you are meant to keeps them, put them up in your home, fold them and tuck them into a drawer or in your purse, or even bury them. It all depends on the spell you are doing.

The journals are excellent for a Book of Shadows. We have many different styles. Always select a book that appeals to you. Some questions you ask yourself are:

- Lined or unlined?
- White pages or natural yellowed pages?
- How many pages?
- What dimensions? Large 8.5 x 11 inch? 5 x 7 inch? Smaller?
- Do you prefer a binder?
- Spiral bound or perfect (regular book) binding?

Deciding the contents of your book of shadows is often more difficult. Do you want a multipurpose Book of Shadows (BOS) or several different books for specific subjects? Most Book of Shadows contain reference information and correspondances for gerbs and oils and stones and more. They also contain spells and instructions for rituals, as well as the results of these magical works. A Book of Shadows is your magical journal, a journal of your journey on this path and all that you learn and experience on it.

VooDoo Baby charms are again back in stock with many new designs, including a kitty one and miniture versions of several of the styles. Hang them from your cell phone or purse, from your car mirror, from your office desk, or around your home (I have one hanging from each kitchen cupboard knob).

Sage smudges have arrived!! We have our usual stock of smudges. However, we also received lovely hand picked, hand dried and hand crafted smudges for all occasions of cleancing and blessing your home and yourself.

Our 2007 calendars have started coming in. We have yet to receive the Seasons of the Witch series and the Meynard's Celestial Influences and ask that you please be patient till they do arrive.

As we have just recently come back from the Gift Shows, you can expect lots of new products to arrive over the next couple months. Here is a sneak peak!
- milk baths
- Egyptian, Chinese and Buddhist statues
- teas and tea pots
- onyx chalices
- driftwood dragons
- and more!

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Une nouvelle saison qui commence

Avec l'approche de l'automne, le Mélange Magique a décidé de se préparer et nous venons de recevoir plusieurs produits que nous commandons qu'une fois par année, habituellement.

- Nos calendriers sont arrivés. Nous avons des calendriers de toutes sortes, du calendrier astrologique jusqu'au calendrier hindu en passant par des calendriers wicca et bouddhiste.
- Nous avons recus nos chandelles! Finalement, tout nos modèles de chandelles possibles sont en magasin. Chandelles droites, chandelles dans un contenant de verres, chandelles avec des huiles déjà préparées à l'avance, tout est là.
- Des bagettes de bois, fait à la main, viennent de faire leur apparition. Elles ont fait leurs preuves et même qu'elles nous ont été conseillés lors du Kaleidoscope Gathering.
- Coté ingrédient, une autre commande vient d'arriver. Nous avons recu des "Job's Tears", des encres de Anna Riva, du papier parchement, des ensembles de plumes avec parchemins végétals et encres, des petits sac amérindiens fait à la main avec de la peau de chevreuil, des éguilles de porcépique, des batons de sauges et bien d'autres choses.
- Comme pièces artisanales, nous avons deux athamés en bois d'ébène. Ils ont été gravés à la main. Un possède un quartz clair au centre, l'autre en n'as pas. Très beau travail, ce seraient des athamés plus qu'efficace.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

New arrivals!

In addition to the Novena, 7-day and 50 hour candles we received last week, much has come in since! We have job's tears, Anna Riva inks, sheep-skin parchments, little hand-made deer-skin medicine bags, porcupine quills, sage smudges, and so much more you just have to come in to see it!

In addition, as far as artisan's pieces, we have two beautiful hand crafted ebony athames, (one with a clear quartz in the pommel, and one without), elk-skin medicine bags embroidered with real red coral, turquoise and pearl (each one containing a necklace of coral, turquoise and pearl), and a large hand-embroidered medicine bag made of deer-skin.


...and lastly, voodoo-baby charms are back in stock too!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Deity of the Week - MA'AT

DEITY OF THE WEEK - MA'AT
By Eri The goddess Ma’at is one of the more important gods of the Egyptian pantheon. As the Goddess who represents truth, justice, and the laws of nature, no important decision of a Pharaoh could be carried out without offerings to Ma’at. It is said that even her father, the sun god Ra, was subject to her laws, and that it was Ma’at that created order out of chaos at the beginning of the world. This is intensified by the fact that her husband, Thoth, is the god of wisdom, scribes (or, more modernly, the written word) and magic. Ma’at is the laws of the universe, the natural ebb and flow of the cosmos and the order of things, and Thoth can be said to write these laws down and brings them to a more human perspective and practice.

In the Egyptian Book of the Dead the trials of Ma’at are one of the most important parts of the journey of the soul. Just before the soul of the dead person can finally be united with Osiris and enjoy eternal life, his heart must be weighed against the feather of Truth (Ma’at’s feather) on the scales of Justice (Ma’at herself). If the heart of the person weighs less or the same as the feather and is judged by Thoth to be found (relatively) free of sin and falsehood, then the soul is allowed to pass to the final stage of his journey. If the heart weighs more then the feather however, the soul is eaten and destroyed by the beast Ammet. This passage shows that the Egyptians believed that only by living justly in this world, would they be accepted among the gods in the next. Ma’at is the symbol of all that is just, right and balanced and the Egyptians believed by living up to her laws they would be maintaining the universe against chaos.



The Weighing of the Heart against the Feather of Ma’at




Ma’at can still be used in ritual today. The ideals she represents are universal and ageless ones. In fact in a society that seems so unbalanced, with all its emphasis on the material world, Ma’at is perhaps the more needed. Ma’at teaches us to live in harmony with universal truths and the laws of nature and to maintain balance in our lives. Call upon Ma’at to help show you the right path between extreme choices or to help obtain justice. Try to keep the ideals of Ma’at in mind before taking any major steps and you will find yourself living a better life.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Potos are in from our Kaleidoscope Gathering Camping Festival

The following photos are of out little Kitchen Tent with the tables and stock all set up. We were placed in the secondary vending area on the other side of the Valahalla Cafe. would sometimes joke that we were on the other side of Valhalla where the dead don't even go. That was because not many people realized there was a secondary vending area. It was quiet. We still did well at KG, but we know for next year to show up earlier and be in the primary vending area. It was still fun!!










This is the bright dragonfly that came to visit us and eat the mosquitoes and other bugs that invaded out tent. He looked very pretty on the pouches!

Below is the Viking Longship in the small lake onsite. The theme this year at the festival was Norse Vikings. The film "13th Warrior" was projected on a giant white sail on the longship one evening. The ship was hand-built by the staff of the festival and each shield hand-painted.



Sam, the Elf, ready for tarot/oracle readings and myself, Scarlet, waiting to make the first sales of the day.





And lastly, here are some scenic shots from the area: the forest and the lake.


Saturday, August 25, 2007

NOVENAS, 50-HOUR, & FIGURE CANDLES

We have finally received our shipment of Novena (7-day in glass jar) candles and 50-hour glass jar candles. We place this order once or twice a year and they have now arrived.

Come get your candles while the selection is fresh!

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Spiritual Cleansing

We we get back from vacations and ready ourselves for school and work, we often find the need to cleans and purify ourselves. We seek a connection in spirituality and a sense of rejuvenation, energy to face the new Fall endeavors ahead. Here are some things you can do.

Spiritual Cleansing Bath:
The Women's or Men's spiritual cleansing bath salt is perfect for this. You simply add 2 tbsp. to your regular bath and allow its energy to sooth and cleanse your spirit. You can light white candles aound your bathtub to lend to the atmosphere and strengths.

For Business:
Place a jade stone with some sea salt and your business card into a green pouch and place it into your business for one month.

For School:
Invest in a comforting tea that increases open-mindedness and awareness, like a mint-based tea. When you study, use our specially blended Study oil to help you absorb and remember the information and then again to recall it for your exams.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

INCOMING !!

We have several orders from companies on their way to us this month and some have already arrived!!

We received obsidian scrying mirrors in various sizes and obsidian scrying balls, too. There are new tarot decks that have also just arrived, along with some new books. I will give you the highlights of the tarots and books in a moment. Special in from the Pagan Festival we attended are beautiful hand crafted wands of silver birch and ironwood with soft protective hand sewn bags for each. One of the staff at the store hand engraved several rune sets of beautiful gemstones (sodalite, apaches tears, fluorite, tiger's eye, etc).

You must come in to see these new items.

New Store Products

BOOK / TAROTS HIGHLIGHTS

Starhawk Earth Magic
Sacred Ritual fr connecting to Nature's Power
4 audio CD's with exercises, rituals, chants and more.
$35.00

Sacred Land
Intuitive Gardening for Personal, Political and Environmental Change
book by: Clea Danaan
$17.50

Ghost Hunters
On the trail of mediums, dowsers, spirit seekers, and other investigators of America's paranormal world
book by: John Kachuba
$19.95

Psychic Energy Codex
Awaking your Subtle Senses
book by author of Psychic Vampires: Michelle Belanger
$23.95

INCOMING!!
What is on its way to us by the end of the month?
- candles
- novenas
- figure candles
- stones

Monday, August 06, 2007

New Reader!

We would like to welcome Erica as our new reader in the store. Erica uses the Faerie Oracle cards to consult the energies of the faeries and asks them their advice on situations, much like as with other tarot reading methods. She believes that as faeries see the world in a very open and broad way, and believe in neither right or wrong, they tend to give very open and non-judgemental advice, getting to the heart of the matter, rather then dwelling on social mores.

Erica will here to receive clients in the morning, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-1.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Kaleidoscope Gathering

We will be vending at the Kaleidoscope Pagan Gathering Festival this year (August 1-6)! This is a great opportunity to check us out at Canada’s largest Pagan Festival!

PAY NO TAXES!
We will pay all the taxes on your purchases made at the festival

Specialty items will be available for the first time, or one time only at Kaleidoscope:
Indonesian Musical Instruments
The new Chakra kits
Voodoo Babies (the new rage in dangling charms)

Workshops:
During the festival, Scarlet will be offering 3 free workshops:
Wednesday August 1st @ 5pm: Introduction to Charkras
Friday August 3rd @ 3:30pm: Stone lore
Sunday August 5th @ 10am: Bindrunes

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Nouveauté pour le Blog et le magasin

Sous peu, vous pourrez commencez à suivre les conseils des auteurs du Blog dans leur chronique hebdomadaire! Nous allons essayer d'écrire une chronique par semaine, chacun ayant son domaine. Les sujets ne sont pas encore décidés, mais parmis ceux mentionnés nous avons l'huile de la semaine, la divinité de la semaine, la méditation bouddhiste de la semaine, la pierre de la semaine, ect. Vous devriez voir cette routine s'installer dans quelques semaines, si ce n'est pas quelques jours!!

Pour le magasin, nous avons reçu nos calendriers et nos agendas pour 2008. C'est le temps de venir vous procurez vos calendriers avant qu'il nous en manque. Ils se vendent très vite, comme à chaque année! Nous faisons maintenant des ensembles de runes avec des pierres et cristaux, préparé à la main par Robyn. Plusieurs pierres sont disponibles, pour l'instant nous avons des runes en larmes d'apache, en sodolite, en jaspe rouge et en fluorite. Plusieurs autres seront gravés. Nous discutons présentement d'offrir des talismans à l'Apothicaire.

Aussi, puisque nous avons remarqués que notre clientèle et nos lecteurs sont souvent intéressés par nos recommandations de livres ou curieux de savoir ce que nous utilisons dans nos vies de tout les jours. Alors, nous allons monter un coin où les employés pourront mettre des livres qu'ils considères comme référence dans leur domaine (Par exemple, les auras pour moi, l'herboristerie pour Maery, les pierres pour Samantha, ect.), ainsi que les produits qu'ils utilisent comme des sels de bains, des huiles et des encens.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Maery will be on TV!

We have exciting news! Maery will be appearing on Global TV's 'This Morning Live' this coming Tuesday, July 31st, at 8:10am to do a segment about Kitchen Witchery. We're all planning on tuning in to see her teach the world a little more about how our food can effect and empower us spiritually as well as nourishing our bodies.

For more information about Kitchen Witchcraft, why not take Maery's upcoming Kitchen Witchery workshop? It will be held on Sunday, September 16th from 1-3pm. Sign up now to reserve your place!

Congratulations, Maery! Good luck!

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Sunday Sabbat Sale

This Sunday (July 29th) is our
Lammas Sunday Sabbat Sale Day!

All Day from 10:00am to 6:00pm

10% off everything in the store for just this one day!!

Monday, July 23, 2007

Sunday Sabbat Special!

Lammas is fast aproching, do you have all your ritual supplies? Well, if you don't, now would be a great time to get them with our 10% Sunday Sabbat Sale where everything in the store is 10% off! So come on in this sunday (July 29th) and take full advantage of our special, and stock up on oils, incense, candles- whatever you may need!

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

New Amazing Books!!

NEW AMAZING BOOK:

- Witchcraft Historiography (ISBN: 9781403911766) $36.95: an academic collection of medieval and historical witchraft for the person seeking in-depth records and information of the practices at that time and the consequences.

- Composing Magic (ISBN: 1564149358) $18.95: an excellent introduction to composing spells

- Goddess Alive! (ISBN: 9780738710808) $20.95: an exploration of 13 goddesses for modern women

- Midpoints (ISBN: 9780738709833) $21.95: For the skilled astrologer seeking information on midpoints in charts

- Dervisj Yoga (ISBN: 0892541318) $20.50: a different style of yoga based on Dervish Dance

- The World of Shamaism (ISBN: 9780738705750) $20.95: A new look at core shamanism and how we can incorporate it into our lives (this is NOT a beginners book)

- Voudon Gnostic Workbook (ISBN: 1578633397) $47.95: This is a lesson book that blends Voodoo/Hoodoo and Gnosticism

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Even more Agendas & Datebooks!

In addition to the myriad of agendas and planners we already have in stock we now have three more new ones! Now available at Melange Magique:

Llewellyn's 2008 Astrological Pocket Planner
Llewellyn's 2008 Tarot Reader
Llewellyn's 2008 Daily Planetary Guide

Come get one and get organized for 2008!

Friday, July 13, 2007

Blessed Herbal Candles & Runes!

The root of the word 'Rune' is 'secret' or 'mystery' but Norse/Anglo-Saxon cultures have been using runes to divine the future since the middle ages. It is said that Odin hung himself from the World Tree to gain wisdom, and was rewarded with the power of the runes. We, here at Melange Magique have been working hard to bring you new and exciting semi-precious rune sets! Hand Carved here at the store! So far we have sets in Sodalite, Red Jasper, and Red Tiger's eye, but Bloodstone and Apache tear are soon to come.

For those of you readers who are fans of Blessed Herbal Candles, they're back in stock!! Wonderful charged candles that are made with essential oils and when the moon is right, are perfect for ritual use and spellwork. Also available from Conventry Creations- blessed Herbal Spell kits (includes a stone, ribbon and prayer) and the trio packs. Come by and see our wide selection!